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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>347752</law_id><section_number>15.2-2135</section_number><catch_line>Disputes between jurisdictions involving dams or water impoundment; constitution of special court; vacancies occurring during trial</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2026/" slug="2026" current="TRUE" last_updated="2026-08-02">2026</edition><referred_to_by><reference>15.2-2134</reference><reference>15.2-2141</reference><reference>15.2-2142</reference><reference>15.2-2143</reference><reference>15.2-5122</reference><reference>15.2-5425</reference></referred_to_by><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="46" identifier="15.2">Counties, Cities and Towns</unit><unit label="subtitle" level="2" order_by="2" identifier="II">Powers of Local Government</unit><unit label="chapter" level="3" order_by="14" identifier="21">Franchises; Sale and Lease of Certain Municipal Public Property; Public Utilities</unit><unit label="article" level="4" order_by="7" identifier="5">Water Supply Systems Generally</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The special <span class="dictionary">court</span> to hear a case between <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> involving a dam or water impoundment shall be composed of three <span class="dictionary">judges</span> of <span class="dictionary">circuit</span> <span class="dictionary">courts</span> remote from the <span class="dictionary">jurisdictions</span> of the parties involved. The <span class="dictionary">judges</span> shall be designated by the Chief Justice of the Supreme <span class="dictionary">Court</span> of Virginia. The special <span class="dictionary">court</span> shall sit without a <span class="dictionary">jury</span>. <a id="paragraph-1297078" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2135/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> If a vacancy occurs on the special <span class="dictionary">court</span> at any time prior to the final <span class="dictionary">disposition</span> of the case, the vacancy shall be filled by designation of another <span class="dictionary">judge</span> and the proceeding shall continue. <a id="paragraph-1297079" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/15.2-2135/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>1976, c. 69, &#xA7; 15.1-37.1:1; 1997, c. 587.</history><metadata><court_decisions><item key="0"><name>REVI, LLC v. Chicago Title Insurance Co.</name><case_number>Record 141562.</case_number><citation>776 S.E.2d 808</citation><date>2015-09-17</date><url>https://www.courtlistener.com/opinion/2959680/revi-llc-v-chicago-title-insurance-co/</url><abstract> .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. Justice KELSEY, dissenting. .&#x202F;.&#x202F;. </abstract><court_html><abbr title="Supreme Court of Virginia">SCV</abbr></court_html></item></court_decisions></metadata></law>
